Legislator Details
Image Description:
Noble Ashley, portrait from Nimmo, p.13
Number of sessions served 5
Gender: Male
Age at election: 39
Vital Records Information:
Birth
Date: 9/30/1863
City: South Ferriby, England
County: Lincolnshire, England
Country: England
Death
Date: 4/7/1917
City: Boston, MA
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Country: US
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Marital Information:
married Florine Kelley, dau. of Oris Kelley, 12/11/1888, in Detroit; children: 3, Noble, jr, Russell and L. Byron
Number of Children: 3
Background
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Occupation: printer, insurance
Race: Caucasian or White
Education:
educated in English and Canadian grammar schools
Biographical Sketch:
Son of George Ashley and Ellen Matilda Noble. He emigrated to Sarnia, Ontario at the age of 9 with his father's family where he learned printing trade at the Sarnia Observer. He arrived in Detroit 1880 and worked as a printer. Elected alderman of the tenth ward in Detroit in 1895 and was president pro tem of the common council in 1897; member of the board of supervisors of Wayne County 1896-98. He was a member of several fraternal societies, including the Masons, Knights of Pythias and Modern Woodmen of America and worked for the Modern Maccabees. He was an organizer of fraternal societies.
Notable Facts:
Key figure in Civil Service bill vetoed in 1905. Chair of the Labor and of the Western State Normal School committees. According to Senate Resolution No. 56. p. 1376, 1917 Senate Journal he died in Boston, Mass. on April 17, 1917 as a result of an operation.
Sessions Served:
Committees Served On: Industrial School for Boys , Revision & Amendment of the Constitution , State Library , Western State Normal School
City of Residence: Detroit
County of Residence Wayne
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Departed
Notes: Chair of Revision and Amendment of the Constitution;
Committees Served On: Central Michigan Normal School , General Taxation , Local Taxation , Revision & Amendment of the Constitution
City of Residence: Detroit
County of Residence Wayne
District Description: City of Detroit
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Committees Served On: Agriculture , Apportionment , Asylum for Criminally Insane , Labor , Public Lands & Forestry Interests , Revision and Amendment of the Statutes , Western State Normal School
City of Residence: Detroit
County of Residence Wayne
Date Left Office: 1/1/1753
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Notes: Committee chairmanship: Western State Normal School
Committees Served On: Asylum for Insane at Newberry , Counties and Townships , Insurance , Normal School at Kalamazoo , Roads and Bridges , Rules and Joint Rules , State Prison at Jackson
City of Residence: Detroit
County of Residence Wayne
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Departed
Notes: Chair of the Committee on Counties and Townships
Committees Served On: Geological Survey , Insurance , Asylum for the Criminal Insane
City of Residence: Detroit
County of Residence Wayne
Reason for Leaving Office: See Notes
End of Term Status: Departed
Notes: Elected to the state senate for the 43rd session.
Chair of the Committee on the Geological Survey
Bibliography:
Nimmo p.13, includes portrait; MIBiog 1:29; Manual 1905 p.739; Manual 1913 p.741 USCen 1910; MILegHdbk 1903 p.56; MIMarRec 1867-1952; USCen 1900; PolGryd; Detroit Times 4/18/1917 p.1; 1917 SJ p.1376 SR56
